The city of Nový Bor has been connected with glassmaking for centuries. The town itself originated as a centre of textile production, but it was the glassmaking industry that made it flourish. In the building where a museum now stands, there used to be the residence and glassworks of the famous Friedrich Egermann, glassmaker, merchant, technologist, and inventor of several glasses, enamels, and glazes. Today, Nový Bor is home to the headquarters of the most famous brands such as LASVIT and CRYSTALEX, as well as many other glassmakers both large and small. This undemanding trip will take the visitor through several corners of the town, a place synonymous with glass production and trade.

Starting point: Nový Bor, Tyrš Square – glass sculpture Spirála (Spiral, Vladimír Klein) – Peace Square (nám. Míru) – Glass Museum Nový Bor – DW Gallery, glass studio (glass blowing), Václav Havel bench (Bořek Šípek) – sculpture Strom (Tree, Bořek Šípek) – T.G. Masaryk Street – Tourist Information Centre – sculpture Bojovník (Fighter, Hans van Bentem) – Art Glass Museum – Palacký Square – Glass House – The Heroes of Rumburk Street (tř. Rumburských hrdinů) – former glassworks of the Zahn family – Forest Cemetery